FNUS75 KGJT 140005
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR BRUSHY MOUNTAIN...GRAND JUNCTION DISPATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
605 PM MDT SUN MAY 13 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1722 MDT ON MAY 13.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER THE AREA MONDAY AND
MONDAY NIGHT. LOOK FOR TEMPERATURES TO TOP OUT A FEW DEGREES
WARMER THAN ON SUNDAY...WITH LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY. WINDS ALOFT
WILL BE OUT OF THE NORTHEAST TO EAST WHICH WORK WITH THE
DAYTIME UPSLOPE WINDS IN THE AFTERNOON.


.MONDAY (UNTIL SUNSET)...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-10%)...A FEW FLAT CUMULUS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....71-75 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........9-14%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......LIGHT AND VARIABLE (0-5 MPH) UNTIL 1100...THEN
                    BECOMING UPSLOPE/UPCANYON AND INCREASING TO
                    5-10 MPH DURING THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 1100...THEN INCREASING TO VERY GOOD
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........5 MODERATE.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO 10000 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 13 MPH...BECOMING EAST LATE IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.

.MONDAY NIGHT (AFTER SUNSET)...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR (0-10%).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....42-47 F.
MAX HUMIDITY........25-30%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......DOWNSLOPE/DOWNCANYON 5 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (3600 KNOT-FT) IN THE LATE EVENING
                    AND OVERNIGHT.
HAINES INDEX........5 MODERATE.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO 1000 FT AGL AFTER SUNSET.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....DOWNSLOPE/DOWNCANYON 5.

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FORECASTER...ELLEN HEFFERNAN
REQUESTED BY...JEFF PHILLIPS
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120513.BRUSH.01/GJT